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10m Android users download BBM
In just 24 hours BBM was downloaded over 10-million times by Android and iPhone users, one of the best single-day openings for a mobile app to date. BBM, the private social network from BlackBerry, is available for free in the App Store and Google Play for immediate...
Samsung unveils Digital Village for Africa
Samsung Electronics Africa has showcased the company’s first ever Digital Village – solutions that use a renewable and environmentally friendly resource (solar) to improve the lives of Africa’s inhabitants. “Everyone speaks of the need to bridge the digital divide but...
Data the hero as MTN reports marginal growth
Although its subscriber growth has been impacted by price competition and registration regulations, MTN has reported 203,8-million subscribers as at the end of the third quarter. With the South African market still challenging, the operator has reported growth of...
CIOs must plan for data centre growth
The increasing business demands on IT mean that data centre managers must plan to increase their organisation’s computing and storage capacity at a considerable rate in the coming years, according to Gartner. Organisations that plan well can adjust to rapid growth in...
Young workers snub work policies
There is a growing appetite among Generation Y employees to contravene corporate policies governing use of own devices, personal cloud storage accounts and new technologies such as smart watches, Google Glass and connected cars. This is one of the findings from an...
IBM: focus innovation for transformation
The innovations that will successfully transform South Africa will be those that are right for the conditions and needs in the country, because innovation simply for the sake of innovation does not help the world work better. This is according to Abe Thomas, IBM South...
New GM for MWeb Business
MWeb has appointed Debbie Pretorius as general manager (GM) of MWeb Business. Pretorius has worked in the Internet service provider (ISP) industry for the past 15 years. Most recently she headed up MWeb Business’ operational activities, and was responsible for...
Dell delivers new slim workstation
Dell has launched a thin, light 15-inch true mobile workstation, the Dell Precision M3800, to its family of the world’s most powerful mobile workstations. Merging beautiful design in an ultra-thin form factor with workstation-class performance, Dell has delivered an...
Avaya offers business collaboration solution
Avaya recently announced a breakthrough in communications-enabled applications development designed to drive the next wave of transformation in business collaboration. With the release of a new development platform, Avaya Aura Collaboration Environment, makes it easy...
eScan awarded AV-Test certification
eScan has been awarded the latest AV-Test certification for their latest Home user product, eScan Internet Security Suite with Cloud Security, for the tests conducted in July and August 2013. The AV-TEST Award acknowledges supportive and effective antivirus products...
African smartphone shipments set to double
Smartphone shipments to Africa were up 21,5% year-on-year for Q2 2013, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). Referencing its most recent Middle East and Africa Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the leading global market intelligence...
Channel key in mid-market
Mark Davison at Dell’s Technology Camp, Paris – While Dell’s direct model in South Africa will continue to play a crucial role for the company, it is looking to involve the local channel in more aspects of its business. John Coulston, director of Global Commercial...
Dell addresses today’s security ills
Mark Davison at Dell’s Technology Camp, Paris – It wouldn’t be a technology camp without new technology and Dell has used the opportunity in Paris this week to launch a slew of new products as it looks to transform, connect, inform and protect customers. One of the...
10m Android users download BBM
In just 24 hours BBM was downloaded over 10-million times by Android and iPhone users, one of the best single-day openings for a mobile app to date. BBM, the private social network from BlackBerry, is available for free in the App Store and Google Play for immediate...
Samsung unveils Digital Village for Africa
Samsung Electronics Africa has showcased the company’s first ever Digital Village – solutions that use a renewable and environmentally friendly resource (solar) to improve the lives of Africa’s inhabitants. “Everyone speaks of the need to bridge the digital divide but...
Data the hero as MTN reports marginal growth
Although its subscriber growth has been impacted by price competition and registration regulations, MTN has reported 203,8-million subscribers as at the end of the third quarter. With the South African market still challenging, the operator has reported growth of...
CIOs must plan for data centre growth
The increasing business demands on IT mean that data centre managers must plan to increase their organisation’s computing and storage capacity at a considerable rate in the coming years, according to Gartner. Organisations that plan well can adjust to rapid growth in...
Young workers snub work policies
There is a growing appetite among Generation Y employees to contravene corporate policies governing use of own devices, personal cloud storage accounts and new technologies such as smart watches, Google Glass and connected cars. This is one of the findings from an...
IBM: focus innovation for transformation
The innovations that will successfully transform South Africa will be those that are right for the conditions and needs in the country, because innovation simply for the sake of innovation does not help the world work better. This is according to Abe Thomas, IBM South...
New GM for MWeb Business
MWeb has appointed Debbie Pretorius as general manager (GM) of MWeb Business. Pretorius has worked in the Internet service provider (ISP) industry for the past 15 years. Most recently she headed up MWeb Business’ operational activities, and was responsible for...